Date: 08/26/2015

Number: 1000

At 10:30 this morning (8/27), I stopped at a site where I’ve found monarchs in the past, and there they were! Though it was late morning, many were still roosting. In about the length of a block, there were 8+ clusters of 50+ monarchs among the trees lining a CRP planting. There were also hundreds (I really can’t even estimate how many hundreds) flying and feeding from blazing star and goldenrod. I had 60 tags with me, and I was done in no time. I was almost guaranteed to capture one just by swinging my net. They were so intent on feeding that, not only was netting effortless, I could capture them easily by hand too. So much fun!

Editor's note: We've re-dated this report from 08/27 to 10/26, the night the roost formed.

Mankato, MN

Latitude: 44.1 Longitude: -94

Observed by: Marion
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